Neckwear fastener and shield.



No.,694,27 2. Patantd Feb. 25, I902.

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No. 694,272. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

NECKWEAR FASTENER AND SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No'. 694,272, dated February 25, 1 902. Application filed March 22, 1901. Serial No. 52,328. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HART, J r. a citizen of the United States, residingin the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckwear Fasteners and Shields, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to a neckwear fastener and shield; and it consists in forming a shield with a buttoning device and a member for bracing or strengthening the shield, especially where it is liable to fracture, said member being connected with the shield at or about said center and has its side end portions entirely disconnected from said shield, whereby the ends of the latter may be moved in and out during the manipulation necessary for applying the shield to a lay-down collar, thus allowing a long leverage to each wing of the shield and avoiding the breaking off of the shield at the extreme ends of the strengthening member, which would occur owing to the shortening of the leverage of the wings should said wings be connected with said ends of the strengthening member instead of being free therefrom.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a neckwear-shield embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a front view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. at represents a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 5 represents a perspective View of a detached portion. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 represent views of modifications.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates what is known as a shield for an article of neckwear, the same havingits central portion reduced in height, so that the shield may set low down on a collar, while the ends or wings of the shield are broad, so as to set comparatively high under the outer portion of the collar, and thus assist the shield when worn in firmly retaining its position.

B designates the device for connecting the shield with a collar button or stud, the same being formed of wire and consisting of the expansible jaws O C, which may be seated on the button or stud, the U-shaped limbs D, which are passed through the openings E in the shield and clenched on the front of the latter, and the tongue F, which is passed through the opening G in the shield and hooked on the wall thereof, it being noticed that the U- shaped limbs D and the tongue F are contiguous of the members that comprise said expansible jaws (J, said jaws, owing to their expansibility or resiliency, separating as they are passed over the shank or sewing of the collar button or stud and then closing on said shank or sewing, thus retaining the shield, and consequently the article of neckwear, in position.

G designates a piece of metal, cardboard, or other suitable material which is placed against the shield at the back of the central portion thereof, it being engaged on its back by the adjacent members of the limbs D and the tongue F of the connecting device B, said piece having recesses H and J, through which said limbs and tongue pass, thus firmly connecting the piece G with the shield, said piece acting as a stay to strengthen the shield, especially at the central portion of the latter, where it is liable to crack and break, this being prevented by said piece, it being noticed that the ends or wings of the piece are free or disconnected from the shield, so that the portions of the piece G aside of the central portion are permitted to yield and conform to the motions of the collar while being worn, and more especially to yield without breaking off during the manipulations of the Wings in and out necessary to fit said wings under the opposite side portions of a lay-down collar.

It will be noticed that the upper and lower sides of the piece or stay G converge from the center thereof to the ends thereof, thus reducing the amount of surface of the stay against which the contiguous portions of the shield bend when the shield is in use, thus avoiding the liability of entire cracking or breaking off of the wings of the shield in vertical direction where they contact with the stay.

In Fig. 6 I show the stay as formed of the wire wings G G and the buttoning device 13, the latter being connected with said wings and with the shield. In this case I take a piece of wire and bend it into the form of the wings G, whose ends are passed through the openings a ain the shield and bent up on the ICO stay consists of the wings G, which extend laterally from the buttoning device,they joining the upper ends of the latter and having their lower ends bent and passed through openings 6 in the shield, thus firmly securing the compound device to the shield.

In Fig. 8 the stay is of a different shape and made of a piece of pliable material, its ends, however, being free, while the central portion is secured in any suitable manner to the shield. In the present case the buttoning device is hooked to the shield through the stay, thus assisting in holding the central portion of the stay to the shield.

In Fig. 9 the stay is formed of wire, having the center of its upper end secured to the shield by the clip f, which engages the shield. The lower ends of the stay are passed through openings 9 in the shield, thus firmly retaining the stay in position.

In Fig. 10 the stay is formed of wire, the ends of which are passed through an opening 72 in the shield, and its intermediate portion is bent around the lower endj of the stay, the latter thus being firmly held in place and, like the others, centrally secured to the shield and having its ends free for the same object, as hereinbefore stated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. A neckwear-shield having a central portion reduced in height and a strengthening member thereon about said central portion, the same being secured at said central portion to said shield and having its ends free.

2. A neckwear-shield having its center reduced in height and provided with a strengthening member connected therewith about said center, the ends or wings of said shield being disconnected from said member, and the sides of said member converging from center to ends.

3. A neckwear-shield having a strengthening member thereon and a buttoning device having jaws which are formed of resilient material and adapted to engage said member, said member being connected about its central portion with the shield and having its wings free from the same.

4. A neckwear-shield having a strengthening member thereon, and a buttoning device having jaws of resilient wire and means integral with said jaws forming connections for said jaws with said member and said shield, said member being connected about its center with the shield and its wings being reduced in height from their inner to their outer ends.

5. A neckwear-shield having a strengthening member thereon, means adapted for connecting said member with said shield and a buttoning device having jaws of resilient material which are continuous of said means, said member being connected about its center with the shield and having its wings free from the same and reduced in height from their inner to their outer ends.

6. A neckwear-shield having a strengthening member thereon, and a buttoning device therefor, said device being connected with both said strengthening member and shield, said member being connected centrally with said shield and having its side portions free from said shield.

7. A neckwear-shield having a buttoning device provided with jaws of resilient material and a strengthening member projecting over the shield laterally from said buttoning device and having its side end portions free from the shield.

IVILLIAM H. HART, JR.

Vitnesses:

J our: A. WIEDERSHEIM, C. D.-McVAY. 

